Colophon reads: Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-Street

"Vocabulary of the Yukagir, Yakut, and Tungoose (or Lamut) languages", p. [1]-8, 4th count, includes vocaulary in English translated into those Siberian languages

"Vocabulary of Kamtshatka, the Aleutian Islands, and of Kadiak", p. [9]-14, 4th count, includes vocabulary in English translated into the Itelmen, Aleut, and Koniagmiut languages and dialects

Signatures: [A]⁴ ([A]1, [A]2 versos blank) a-b⁴ (b4 verso blank) c² (c2 verso blank) B-2T⁴ 2U² [A]-[G]⁴ [H]² (-[H]2)

Errata: p. [1], 2nd count

Folded map, bound to face p. [1], 3rd count, has cartouche reading: A chart of the strait between Asia & America with the coast of Tschutski, laid down from astronomical observations, made in the icy sea during the years1786 &c. to 1794. Drawn by A. Arrowsmith

There are 15 leaves of plates, of which there is a folded map and illustrations numbered I-XIV

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Wickersham, J. Bibliography of Alaskan literature, 1724-1924

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in paper-covered boards; front and rear boards fully detached; housed in red cloth-covered slipcase measuring 30 cm. in height

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